Hasp-fastener.



J. C. MORGAN.

HASP FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 9. I916.

1,230,0Z3. PatentedJune12,1917.

IWWWll!I; I .9 5 m JOHN C. MORGAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

I-IASP-FASTENIER.

Application filed October 9, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN C. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hasp-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hasp fastener, and pertains more especially to a fastener of the type in which a hasp provided with a slot is swingably secured to a door, a U- shaped keeper mounted on the door frame, the former arranged to be disposed over the latter, and a catch disposed to lock the hasp against withdrawal from the keeper.

It is an object of this invention to provide a fastener of the character described, with a catch which is mounted on the keeper and may be moved to unlocking position by turning the same through a small angle.

It is another object of this invention to provide a catch which is mounted on the keeper and is normally disposed in position for locking the hasp to the keeper.

It is a further object to provide a catch of such construction that it will automatieally dispose itself in position to permit the hasp to be swung over the keeper, and will then dispose itself in position to prevent withdrawal of the hasp.

I accomplish these objects by means of the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastener applied to a door, fragments of the door and door frame being shown.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the fastener in locked position.

Fig. 3 is a view looking upward of the structure shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4t is a section as seen on the line l4t of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing A indicates a door and B the door frame. My invention is equally applicable to a gate and a gate frame in which A may be the gate and B the gate frame. The door may be of either a swinging or sliding type.

Upon the door A is mounted a hasp 5 provided with an eye 6 at one end thereof, in which is disposed the leg of a staple 7, the latter securing the bar to the door so that it may be swung W th relation thereto.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

Serial No. 124,645.

Adjacent the end of hasp 5 is a slot 8 arranged to receive a keeper of the staple type. The end of hasp 5 is herein shown slightly bent as indicated at 9 to provide convenient means for grasping the hasp in removing it'from the keeper.

A keeper 10 of U-form is secured to the door frame B and is arranged with its plane horizontal. keeper a catch may be inserted through the keeper, thereby locking the hasp to the keeper and preventing opening of the door. The keeper shown herein is of U-form with its legs secured to a base plate 11 which 7o provides means for fastening the keeper to the door. This means may comprise screws inserted through the base plate or any other convenient means.

A catch 12 is pivotally mounted on the keeper and comprises a body which is balanced so that it will normally hang with the plane thereof vertical and transverse to the plane of the keeper. A pintle 13 is pivotally mounted in the yoke of keeper 10 and an oppositely disposed pintle 14 in the base 11. The catch may be balanced by cutting away stock above the pintles 1.3 and 14. Inclined faces 15 and 16 are formed on the front of the catch so that when the hasp 5 is swung over the keeper the bar adjacent the slot will engage the inclined faces and cause the catch to rotate degrees until its plane is parallel with the plane of the keeper. In the latter posi- 90 tion the bar may swing back of the catch whereupon the catch gravitates to vertical position locking the hasp against withdrawal. To unlock the hasp the catch is rotated into horizontal position. This may be conveniently done by placing the finger against the upper or lower edge of the catch and moving it into horizontal position, then withdrawing the hasp.

It is obvious that I have provided a construction in which the catch is not subject to loss and is always disposed in position for quickly and securely locking the hasp to thekeeper. The fastener is also con structed so that looking and unlocking of the same requires a minimum amount of manipulation.

What I claim is:

A hasp fastener comprising the combina tion of a keeper provided with an opening,

a hasp provided with an opening to receive said. keeper, and mounted to be swung over lVhen hasp 5 is moved over the 65 the latter into locking position, and a catch pivotally mounted in the opening of said keeper, the said catch balanced to normally dispose itself with its longitudinal axis vertical, and having an inclined surface for engagement by said hasp When moving into' locking position to swing said catch into a horizontal position so that it may pass through the opening in said hasp.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I 10 have hereunto subscribed my name this 22nd day of September, 1916.

JOHN G. MORGAN.

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Washington, D. G. 

